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lamented friend. Our work in connection with our respective 

 pubUc positions took us all over the settled portions of British 

 Columbia, excepting the extreme north, and during these 

 journeys not only under his guidance were we able to collate 

 information of invaluable character, but were enabled to ac- 

 compHsh many excursions in search of specimens relating to 

 otir work. Amongst the many points visited I may particularly 

 mention Mount Arrowsmith, Mount Benson, Mount Che-am and 

 the Rockies and Selkirks— points of which Dr. Fletcher to the 

 last spoke w^ith enthusiasm, and even as late as October last, 

 suggested a further visit to his beloved Che-am. It was here 

 that he captured his first specimen of Erebia vidleri, to his 

 infinite delight, as he had long sought in vain for its habitat. 



The astonishing activity of Dr. Fletcher, his untiring 

 energy, his keen appreciation of the beauties of Nature, his 

 quickness to observe anything new or interesting, his unfaiHng 

 good humour, even under the most adverse circumstances, his 

 close observance of the idiosyncracies and habits of m:n and 

 animals, his love of the young and desire to impart knowledge 

 and create a liking for nature study, and his thoughtfulness for 

 the comfort and pleasure of others, all contributed to making 

 him the general favorite he was and rendering every moment 

 enjoyable which was spent in the company of this truly great 

 man'. Illustrative of his indefatigable activity I may mention 

 the following incident: After a hard day's tramp, camped under 

 a clump of hemlocks on a beautiful grassy slope of Che-am, and 

 after our evening meal and pipe, about the time that one's 

 thoughts are of bed, he proposed a walk in the moonlight to the 

 top of the ridge. Tired as I was, I felt loth to leave the camp 

 fire, but I consented, albeit somewhat reluctantly. The result 

 amplv repaid us; the whole of the surrounding snow-clad peaks 

 including Mount Baker lay clothed in the soft moonlight seem- 

 inglv towering above us. the whole a scene of surpassing beauty. 

 We 'retired to our rest impressed with the grandeur of nature 

 and the littleness of human efforts in comparison. 



In all his visits to our home in Victoria he ever displayed 

 the greatest pleasure in everything appertaining to our home 

 life, and was ever ready to contribute to our happiness by those 

 acts of kindness for which he was so justly celebrated. Only on 

 his last visit, rather than I should be detained by duty, he 

 undertook to read proofs for the press, which he did late into 

 the night, whilst the rest of the company present enjoyed them- 

 selves in another room, in order that I should be able to ac- 

 company him. This, our last trip together, was taken the next 

 day to the Dominion Biological Station at Departure Bay, of 



